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Probe begins after Conn. commuter trains crash

3:38am

(AP) Two commuter trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in an accident that sent more than 60 people to Connecticut hospitals, severely damaged the tracks and...

SPIN METER: GOP raps Dems for IRS union cash

8:36pm

(AP) Seeking maximum political gain from the string of controversies swirling around the White House, Republicans are on the attack against Democratic lawmakers who accepted...

20 to 25 injured as Conn. commuter trains collide

7:37pm

(AP) A New York-area commuter railroad says two trains have collided in Connecticut. Police say that 20 or more people were injured, but that there were no...

(AP) Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Friday ordered the military to recertify all 25,000 people involved in programs designed to prevent and respond to sexual assault, an...

Hagel orders review of sex-abuse prevention

6:39pm

(AP) About 30 security agents showed up just after midnight, breaking down the door to an apartment in the town of Daraya near the Syrian capital of Damascus. They grabbed a...

Rights groups: Syria holds thousands incommunicado

12:39pm

(AP) Twin explosions ripped through a crowd of Sunni worshippers in Baghdad on Friday, an attack which, combined with a second deadly bombing at a Sunni funeral just outside...

Mosque, funeral bombings kill 47 in Iraq

11:39am

(AP) An Uzbekistan national living in Idaho has made his first court appearance on charges he gave support, cash and other resources to help a recognized terrorist group in...

Idaho man in court for Uzbekistan terrorism plot

11:39am

(AP) The Moroccan woman at the center of a sex scandal involving former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi testified Friday in court for the first time, describing how a young...

Ruby testifies about Berlusconi 'bunga bunga' fest

9:37am

(AP) Raul Rodriguez counts himself a lucky man.

Some lost everything to North Texas tornado

3:37am

Justice Dept. faulted over terrorist identities

6:37pm

(AP) The jury deciding the fate of Jodi Arias has heard dramatic and emotional testimony from the brother of the man she murdered.

Victim's brother testifies in Jodi Arias case

3:39pm

(AP) Sitting on a dirty straw mat on the parched ground of southern Afghanistan, Masooma sank deeper inside a giant black shawl. Hidden from view, her words burst forth as...

Afghans tell of US soldier's killing rampage

2:38pm

(AP) Don't look for the outcry over the Internal Revenue Service's improper targeting of tea party groups to subside with the ouster of the agency's acting...

Ouster of IRS official isn't ending investigations

11:39am

(AP) David Beckham is retiring from soccer after the season, ending a career in which he become a global superstar since starting his career at Manchester United.

Beckham to retire from soccer at end of season

10:39am

(AP) A suicide bomber rammed his car into a NATO convoy in the Afghan capital on Thursday, killing at least six people in the explosion and wounding more than 30, officials...

Car bomb hits NATO convoy in Kabul; 6 dead

5:36am

(AP) So you didn't win Wednesday's $360 million Powerball jackpot? Make that you and everyone else.

No Powerball winner; jackpot soars to $475 million

5:36am

(AP) Don't look for the outcry over the Internal Revenue Service's improper targeting of tea party groups to subside with the ouster of the agency's acting...

Ouster of IRS official isn't ending investigations

3:41am

(AP) One after another, the charges have tumbled out allegations of sexual assaults in the military that have triggered outrage, from local commanders to Capitol Hill and...

Sexual abuse cases put Pentagon under fire

10:37pm

(AP) Then CIA-Director David Petraeus objected to the final talking points the Obama administration used after the deadly assault on a U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi,...

Petraeus email objected to Benghazi talking points

9:36pm

(AP) The same jury that convicted Jodi Arias of murder one week ago took less than three hours Wednesday to determine that the former waitress is eligible for the death...

Jurors find Jodi Arias eligible for death penalty

8:37pm

APNewsBreak: Deal reached in Catholic lawsuit

5:40pm

(AP) One after another, the charges have tumbled out allegations of sexual assaults in the military that have triggered outrage, from local commanders to Capitol Hill and...

Sexual abuse cases put Pentagon under fire

5:40pm

(AP) There's a new version of the world's most widely used psychiatric manual, and it's already getting lots of criticism.

Shrinks, critics face off over psychiatric manual

2:40pm

(AP) Attorney General Eric Holder told Congress Wednesday that a serious national security leak required the secret gathering of telephone records at The Associated Press as...

Holder defends subpoenas for AP telephone records

2:40pm

(AP) On the surface, the Arab League's improved peace initiative offers Israel everything it ever dreamed of normal relations with an entire region that has long objected to...

Critics assail Israeli silence on Arab peace plan

8:48am

(AP) Jodi Arias heads back to court Wednesday as jurors consider whether the death penalty should be an option for sentencing the former waitress after convicting her of...

Arias back in court as jury ponders death option

8:48am

(AP) Jodi Arias heads back to court Wednesday as jurors consider whether the death penalty should be an option for sentencing the former waitress after convicting her of...

Arias back in court as jury ponders death option

8:48am

Jolie: From girl with tattoos to girl with a cause

8:48am

(AP) Russia's security services say they have caught a U.S. diplomat who they claim is a CIA agent in a red-handed attempt to recruit a Russian agent.

Russian FSB detains US diplomat accused of spying

10:39am

Women have new options for breast cancer surgery

10:39am

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